New York Rangers projected lineups for upcoming Original Six matchup against the Blackhawks
The New York Rangers is set to face-off against the Chicago Blackhawks tonight in an original-six bout in Madison Square Garden.
Tonight will be an historic occasion, as both teams march toward a milestone of competition. Soon they will have faced the Blackhawks in 600 games in NHL History, a whopping statistic as both original-six teams have a deep, deep history together.
Historically the Rangers have a .498 winning percentage against their Original Six competitors:
The Rangers tonight will look to add another win to their bucket, as the Blackhawks travel to Madison Square Garden to take on Igor Shesterkin and the New York Rangers.
The projected lineups for tonight have been reported by The Hockey Writers Justin Giampietro.
Projected Lineup
Chris Kreider - Mika Zibanejad - Reilly Smith
Artemi Panarin - Vincent Trocheck - Alexis Lafreniere
Will Cuylle - Filip Chytil - Kaapo Kakko
Adam Edstrom - Sam Carrick - Brett Berard
Ryan Lindgren - Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller - Braden Schneider
Zac Jones - Victor Mancini
Igor Shesterkin
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Connor Mackey, Jonny Brodzinski, Jimmy Vesey
Injured: Urho Vaakanainen (upper body)
Peter Laviolette keeps us puzzled with the constant switching between the top 2 lines. As Artemi Panarin, Vinnie Troecheck and Alexis Lafreniere are reunited.
While the third line with Filip Chytil is also reunited, with Will Cuylle and Kaapo Kakko flanking.
Igor Shesterkin will be in the net tonight, as he was unavailable yesterday due to the birth of his child.
The Rangers will look to rebound from a 7-5 loss to the Seattle Kraken yesterday.
